20 Questions and Answers -Current Affairs

1. Who has been appointed as the new CMD of the India Trade Promotion Organization?

Rajeev Takru

L C Goyal

U U Lalit

S Sudhakar

None of the above

Sol: Option (2)

2. US President renamed the highest mountain peak in North America, Mount Mackinley as –

Teracotta

Tenali

Denali

Diltum

Fracad

Sol: Option (3)

3. Which of the following banks has/have been declared as the Domestically systematic important bank by Reserve Bank of India?

State Bank of India

EXIM Bank

ICICI Bank

HDFC Bank

Both (1) and (3)

Sol; Option (5)

4. The Union government recently released for the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 an amount of –

Rs 10000 Cr

Rs 15000 Cr

Rs 20000 Cr

Rs 25000 Cr

Rs 30000 Cr

Sol; Option (3)

5. What is the rate of GDP growth in the country in the April-June 2015 quarter, according to the report of the Central Statistical Office?

7%

8%

7.25%

7.5%

7.75%

Sol: Option (1)

6. Which of the following cities is going to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

Moscow, Russia

Johannesburg, South Africa

Durban, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Ufa, Russia

Sol: Option (3)

7. SERVIR-Makong project by NASA and US Agency for International Development is focused on monitoring environment in –

Europe

USA

Asia

South America

None of the above

Sol: Option (3)

8. Which of the following e-commerce companies has acquired Reduce Data, a Silicon Valley startup interested in making discovery of desired products online easier?

Flipkart

Amazon

Snapdeal

Jabong

YepMe

Sol: Option (3)

9. Who has recently been appointed as the interim Chairman and Managing Director of State-run NTPC?

A K Jha

C S Prasad

D Ojha

Francis Di Costa

None of the above

Sol: Option (1)

10. Who has been appointed as the new director general of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)?

Maloy Sairaj

Girish Sahni

Tracy Katherine

Naina Lal Kidwai

M S Swaminathan

Sol: Option (2)

11. Which of the following stock exchanges in India has entered into an agreement with Stock Exchange of Mauritius to facilititate cooperation between themselves?

Bombay Stock Exchange

Calcutta Stock Exchange

National Stock Exchange

Multi-Commodity Stock Exchange

National Spot Depositories Exchange

Sol: Option (3)

12. Which of the following regulatory bodies has been merged with Securities and Exchange Board of India in order to create a unified regulator for the securities and derivatives market in the country?

Derivatives Regulatory Body of India

National Forwards Development and Regulatory Authority of India

Forward Markets Commission

National Spot Depositories Association

Stock Market Exchange Authority of India

Sol: Option (3)

13. Which of the following railway zones became the first in the country to eliminate unmanned level crossings?

South Central Railway

Eastern Railway

South Eastern Railway

West Central Railway

Konkan Railway

Sol: Option (4)

14. Where was the SAARC countries’ conference on disaster mitigation held in the first week of September, 2015?

Kathmandu, Nepal

Jakarta, Indonesia

New Delhi, India

Mumbai, India

Kolkata, India

Sol: Option (3)

15. In order to commemorate the golden jubilee of the 1965 Indo-Pak war, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to issue coins of which of the following denominations?

Rs 5

Rs 10

Rs 50

Rs 20

Rs 150

Sol: Option (1)

16. Which of the following organizations does not feature in the order of merit list in SKOCH National Awards 2015?

Haryana Government

IT Department, Government of India

Central Board of Direct Taxes

District Administration, Balaghat

District Administration, Nadia

Sol; Option (5)

17. Which of the following Indian oil firms has bought 15% stake in the Vankor Oil Field from Rosneft Co, Russia?

Indian Oil Corporation

Oil India Limited

ONGC

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Sol: Option (3)

18. Which of the following Non-government organizations saw its license cancelled by the Government of India because of violation of foreign exchange rules?

Rotary International

Citizens for Peace and Justice

Greenpeace India

Public Litigation Society of India

None of the above

Sol: Option (3)

19. Which of the following places is going to be converted into the spiritual capital of India as announced by the Prime Minster?

Kashi

Bodh Gaya

Haridwar

Amarnath

Varanasi

Sol: Option (2)

20. Adesh Srivastava, who passed away recently due to cancer, was famous for his contribution in the field of –